Fiber orientation in injection molded long carbon fiber thermoplastic composites

Jin Wang, Ba Nghiep Nguyen, Raj Mathur, Bhisham Sharma, Michael D. Sangid, Franco Costa, Xiaoshi Jin, Charles L. Tucker, Leonard S. Fifield

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Abstract

A set of edge-gated and center-gated plaques were injection molded with long carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites, and the fiber orientation was measured at different locations of the plaques. Autodesk Simulation Moldflow Insight (ASMI) software was used to simulate the injection molding of these plaques and predict the fiber orientation, using the Anisotropic Rotary Diffusion and the Reduced Strain Closure models. The phenomenological parameters of the orientation models were carefully identified by fitting to the measured orientation data. The fiber orientation predictions show very good agreement with the experimental data.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationANTEC 2015 - Proceedings of the Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Plastics Engineers
PublisherSociety of Plastics Engineers
Pages1675-1679
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9780985011277
StatePublished - 2015
Event73rd Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Plastics Engineers, SPE ANTEC Orlando 2015 - Orlando, United States
Duration: Mar 23 2015Mar 25 2015

Publication series

NameAnnual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Other

Other73rd Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the Society of Plastics Engineers, SPE ANTEC Orlando 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period3/23/153/25/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Polymers and Plastics
  • General Chemical Engineering

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